Match Thread Brighton HA v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll.

[Ducans elbow]

Just not good enough we have a very average team,sorry to say

 

[degsy]

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I call fake news.
Everybody knows only rs players get injured.

And other fake news is that we were ever in with a chance of 4th.
The game was a write off
The season is a write off
Most of the players are write offs...or do I mean right off.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

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Excuses excuses.

 

[arbok]

I didn't watch as it was on during the early hours, but LOL at the team line up... I'm not going to blame anyone - i see the white flag about to be raised though, there aren't enough players to make a team let alone a squad, Carlo's just put whatever he can on the pitch.

It's going to be a miracle to make top 8, maybe even top half.

 

[TheBigIguana]

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We obviously have a fair few injuries but 5 of those 10 haven't played over 400 minutes this season and the only one even close is Bernard who might be just seeing out the days until a summer move.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Cazoo..... Car Loan Celloti patched together the Toffee Jalopy and brought the servants down to the Sussex coast for a bracing evening.. It wasn't very pretty and, in keeping with Everton tradition (Nil Satis Nisi Optimum: Not Able to Field Perfect Side) managed to be without almost an entire side and bench worth of injured (or unavailable through short-term loan) persons.. Then again we do make a terrible habit of acquiring Shandys .. Players unwilling or unable to contribute almost anything for the entire length of their contract - think Bolasie, Besic, Smallman, Van Der Meyde, Rodrigo, Delph, Williamson, Bilic, Gbamin. Luck and Everton eh?

 

[Eggs]

....the plus is we defended well, the negative is we offered no threat at all at the other end.

With Keane looking flaky and fragile, Mina & Holgate played fine but Godfrey was the key reason we didn’t concede. Godfrey must be an absolute nuisance to play against, I imagine Danny Welbeck was glad to see hear the final whistle.

Godfrey might not be Beckenbauer with the ball at his feet but he’s head and shoulders the best CB at the club. It’s just about getting him the right partner.

 

[Terrarian]

Oh crap I forgot Yerry got injured, bloody hell sign the women.

 

[BluePeadar]

Ashamed to say I forgot about the game. Delighted to say I didnt watch it

 

[Marius57]

Loads of injuries, no bench. Away from home. Yeah, we won't get top 4, but Carlo has only had one real window. We know we still need an overhaul of players.

I didn't expect much more then a backs to the walls job when I saw the 6 defenders starting. It is what it is. Give it time.

 

[quasi modo]

Let the dust settle after last night and I've come to the conclusion that was a load of crap.

 

[APN_EFC]

The desire for champions league football is etched into these lads faces

This is it. even if they're all crap, there are ways you can push and bust your lungs, run like mad...just make a BIG BIG passionate effort to win. The problem with that, for me comes down to Siggy - not the right type of player in the middle. Keane - good player very good, but not a leader, and also that Seamus either needs to learn overnight how to be a good leader on the pitch, or we need a new captain. Love his comments in the presser yesterday, but I think a humble, nice, positive captain is great, but we also need an assertive, loud captain now as well.


More importantly, I read the stats last night somewhere that

Digne, DCL, James, Richy, Allan & Doucoure have played together 6 times, and we have won 5, drawn 1 and scored 17.

Incredible.

 

[Caolam]

The sad thing for the supporters of Everton is the realisation that we are a mid table team, sadder still is the fact that the players we have, with very few exceptions, are content with being a mid table team.
I thought 3 or 4 summer signings would make us a competitive side, more like 7 or 8.

 

[arbok]

I watched some extended highlights... and it was almost as if they were edited by a Brighton fan. But nope Everton did literally squat the entire game.

I mean I'm not mad, we have to lower our expectations. We put six defenders on the pitch!

 

[gazzaa2]

We’ve now taken 2 points from the last 12 available, which included games against Burnley (16th), Crystal Palace (13th), and Brighton (15th).

If you’re wondering how you throw away a chance at Europe... that’s how.

Even with a draw yesterday 2 points behind West Ham in 4th with a game in hand if we beat Burnley and Palace.